See Harbaugh is whining in the media about Matthews comments. Obviously he is posturing, just angling to get a better response from the refs. As far as I am concerned he is the biggest tool in NFL coaching besides Pete Carroll.

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I totally agree with this. I think both teams should play a little game.

The Packers front seven should try get past the 49ers offensive line to hurt Kaepernick, and the 49ers front seven should do the same against the Packers' o-line and Rodgers.

Dude, Clay never said one thing about hurting anybody. If he had, Harbaugh would have had a legit case. All that was said is essentially, "account for the QB." If you use your QB as a RB, we have to treat him as such. How do you stop a QB from rolling to his left? You hit him when he rolls left. How do you get a QB out of the pocket? You hit him while he's in the pocket. If he wants to pretend he has the ball, hit him like he has the ball. It's that simple. Kaep's response was simply "I wear a helmet and pads like everyone else for a reason" or something of the like. It's about loss of yards, not loss of limb.

It's a Harbaugh call ploy and nothing else.

If you read anything from Capers or Hawk, the object is not to bee line for the QB, it's to slow up, contain, and make him decide.

Dude, Clay never said one thing about hurting anybody. If he had, Harbaugh would have had a legit case. All that was said is essentially, "account for the QB." If you use your QB as a RB, we have to treat him as such. How do you stop a QB from rolling to his left? You hit him when he rolls left. How do you get a QB out of the pocket? You hit him while he's in the pocket. If he wants to pretend he has the ball, hit him like he has the ball. It's that simple. Kaep's response was simply "I wear a helmet and pads like everyone else for a reason" or something of the like. It's about loss of yards, not loss of limb.

It's a Harbaugh call ploy and nothing else.

If you read anything from Capers or Hawk, the object is not to bee line for the QB, it's to slow up, contain, and make him decide.

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He obviously can't say it outright, but I think it's pretty clearly implied.

Ouch, literally. backhtiari is going against Aldon, and if there is some intentional hurting going on, it would not be from the Packer side of the line.

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Rodgers does have a quick release, and McCarthy will play most shotgun formations. He is no dummy. The 49ers hold a decisive advantage when comparing their D-line to our O-line. I expect to see some exotic wrinkles from MM which no game tape currently exists for. Whether our O-line play will prevent them from working is another matter.

Tough matchup for the Packers. I'd probably feel better if Backy had more game experience at LT.

I'm sure thew nut job he's referring to was me. Never denied that his players were dirty scumbags who target players and hunt injuries.

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He popped in my head as one of the idiotic conspiracy theorists, but essentially anyone who believes in such conspiracies are window lickers.

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MATTHEWS: “One of the things that the referees have told us is that when these quarterbacks carry out the fakes, they lose their right as a quarterback, a pocket-passing quarterback, the protection of a quarterback. So with that, you do have to take your shots on the quarterback, and obviously they’re too important to their offense.

“If that means they pull them out of that type of offense and make them run a traditional, drop-back, pocket-style offense, I think that’s exactly what we’re going for. So you want to put hits as early and often on the quarterback and make them uncomfortable.

Now, if I'm Coach Harbaugh I read this out loud to the offensive line and to the front seven on defense. The second there's even an inkling of a cheap shot on Kaepernick stick a target on Aaron Rodgers' forehead and unleash the dogs.

He popped in my head as one of the idiotic conspiracy theorists, but essentially anyone who believes in such conspiracies are window lickers.

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MATTHEWS: “One of the things that the referees have told us is that when these quarterbacks carry out the fakes, they lose their right as a quarterback, a pocket-passing quarterback, the protection of a quarterback. So with that, you do have to take your shots on the quarterback, and obviously they’re too important to their offense.

“If that means they pull them out of that type of offense and make them run a traditional, drop-back, pocket-style offense, I think that’s exactly what we’re going for. So you want to put hits as early and often on the quarterback and make them uncomfortable.

Now, if I'm Coach Harbaugh I read this out loud to the offensive line and to the front seven on defense. The second there's even an inkling of a cheap shot on Kaepernick stick a target on Aaron Rodgers' forehead and unleash the dogs.

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Clay Matthews said:

We’re always trying to get after the quarterback. It’s not like this game is any different as far as hitting the quarterback. But it does provide a clearer picture in regards to when a quarterback can be hit. It looks like – and, obviously, we’ll see in Week 1 – it looks like any time that quarterback is carrying out that play fake, he loses that right as a pocket passer and the rules that govern that. So we’ll see. We’ll see the hits that are legal and aren’t legal … But we feel like our game plan fits within the scheme of the officials and what we want to do.

He flat out said he's going to take "shots on the QB" because the QB is "too important to the offense". He also implied he wants to take full advantage of the rule change for when/if Kaepernick fakes like he's running with the ball, meaning, he'll try to hit him even if he knows he doesn't really have the ball.

I hope he follows through with his veiled threat to take cheap shots on Kaepernick. I will then make some popcorn and anticipate one of those hits on Rodgers that makes his helmet pop off his head.

He flat out said he's going to take "shots on the QB" because the QB is "too important to the offense". He also implied he wants to take full advantage of the rule change for when/if Kaepernick fakes like he's running with the ball, meaning, he'll try to hit him even if he knows he doesn't really have the ball.

I hope he follows through with his veiled threat to take cheap shots on Kaepernick. I will then make some popcorn and anticipate one of those hits on Rodgers that makes his helmet pop off his head.